A few days back I had written an article as to how you could use the web-based Gtalk without signing into the Gmail account. Something simillar can be done with your Facebook chat, with Facebook becoming popular I have seen a lot of my friends being online more on Facebook or anywhere else.
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I was just exploring Alexa today and comparing various social networking sites, and suddenly got the below picture. Have a look at it and it tells something special.
Last week following a news coverage from BBC, and reports from AC Nielson and Compete.com, there were voice concerning the growth of Twitter. They all had concluded early exit of [...]
Comparison of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace are in news for some time in a major way. The discussion is led by research done by AC Nielson and Compete.com. They have reported loss of Twitter charm on the vintage analysis growth trend against Facebook and MySpace. These two Research Companies are very credible sources, and [...]
Ever wondered which country has maximum no. of Facebook users, well the answer is probably US but I have no idea if it actually is. Orkut has dominated India, and none of the major social media services (Facebook,Myspace and Orkut ) have strong foothold in China, and US and Europe are dominated by Facebook. Most [...]
Social Media is becoming pervasive today without many of us stopping to realize how we are part of the change happening around us.
We as consumers lead online by sharing reviews online for every product like movies, restaurants, hotels, travel experiences and our perceived decision uncertainties of retail brands. Some of us are active writing [...]
Facebook, and social networks in particular, are a medium to “Simply be you, online!”. It is essentially different from everything that is on the web because it brings a flow of real people with real identities and real interaction with their friends, families, fans, followers and future contacts.
When the web burst into the scenes with Netscape in 95, there was a famous [...]
On 02.23.08, In Facebook, by Manoj Jasra
Source: Techcrunch – The number of people who visit Facebook has been leveling off over the past few months in the U.S., and even dipped by about 800,000 individuals in January. According to the latest stats from comScore, Facebook attracted 33.9 million unique visitors in January, 2008, down 2 percent from 34.7 million in December, [...]
On 02.23.08, In Facebook, by Manoj Jasra
Source: Techcrunch – The number of people who visit Facebook has been leveling off over the past few months in the U.S., and even dipped by about 800,000 individuals in January. According to the latest stats from comScore, Facebook attracted 33.9 million unique visitors in January, 2008, down 2 percent from 34.7 million in [...]
Market Share of U.S. Internet Visits to Top 10 Social Networking Websites
Rank
Name
Domain
Dec-07
Dec-06
YoY % Change
1
MySpace
www.myspace.com
72.32%
78.89%
-8%
2
Facebook
www.facebook.com
16.03%
10.59%
51%
3
Bebo
www.bebo.com
1.09%
0.99%
10%
4
BlackPlanet.com
www.blackplanet.com
1.04%
0.96%
8%
5
Club Penguin
www.clubpenguin.com
0.80%
0.54%
48%
6
Gaiaonline.com
www.gaiaonline.com
0.76%
0.58%
31%
7
myYearbook
www.myyearbook.com
0.73%
0.14%
407%
8
hi5
www.hi5.com
0.63%
0.64%
-1%
9
Classmates
www.classmates.com
0.55%
0.58%
-7%
10
Yahoo! 360
360.yahoo.com
0.54%
0.91%
-40%
Note – data is based on a custom category of 53 of the leading social networking websites ranked by market share of U.S. visits, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample [...]
Market Share of U.S. Internet Visits to Top 10 Social Networking Websites
Rank
Name
Domain
Dec-07
Dec-06
YoY % Change
1
MySpace
www.myspace.com
72.32%
78.89%
-8%
2
Facebook
www.facebook.com
16.03%
10.59%
51%
3
Bebo
www.bebo.com
1.09%
0.99%
10%
4
BlackPlanet.com
www.blackplanet.com
1.04%
0.96%
8%
5
Club Penguin
www.clubpenguin.com
0.80%
0.54%
48%
6
Gaiaonline.com
www.gaiaonline.com
0.76%
0.58%
31%
7
myYearbook
www.myyearbook.com
0.73%
0.14%
407%
8
hi5
www.hi5.com
0.63%
0.64%
-1%
9
Classmates
www.classmates.com
0.55%
0.58%
-7%
10
Yahoo! 360
360.yahoo.com
0.54%
0.91%
-40%
Note – data is based on a custom category of 53 of the leading social networking websites ranked by market share of U.S. visits, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise [...]
